Hit 15k followers, again would just like to say how lucky I am to have such a large group of lovely people, interested in my niche interests, book recommendations, and memes. Honestly, it's been a blast.

So, here is the promised thread on my forthcoming JEL paper with some pictures etc.
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'Auto-beef' the rarest form of rivalry, where both authors are the same person

Credit to for reminder
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An all time classic beef and excellent pun

Admittedly with a major time lag

Interesting passage on England's 'Old Poor Laws' (OPL), their universalism. While the OPL's design was clearly not optimal by today's standards, they lasted 300 years, arguably influenced by their popularity with middle class people, who could rely on them in tough times

I hope this Google translate is accurate because this is an incredibly lovely compliment, thank you very much omergenc !

Found these in my nephew's room, his parents have a strict zero tolerance policy to both violent video games and monetary policy analysis (they're big fiscal)